July 27, 2020
Earthquake
I missed Istanbul. Due to fear of an earthquake became the early fall semester, I moved back to my hometown which is called Kocaeli. Kocaeli is the neighbor city of Istanbul. With car, you can go from Kocaeli to Istanbul around 1-2 hours. It might increased due to traffic statue. I used to fast train for transportaion, it cames to 1.30 hours around. I knew the people who lived in the Istanbul, and spend more time than me in the trafic.
Those days are tiresome.
Istanbul, Kocaeli and arounds are first degree earthquake zone. 17 August 1999 earthquake which is base point was Gölcük/ Kocaeli, it was horrific. More than 17.000 people died in their sleep. The sea side of Gölcük- Karamürsel downed to deep of sea. I couldn't remember those days but, it still hurts. The people couldn't help to people who was screaming under the ground. Everyone firstly tried to save own relatives.
Thanks God, we weren't there that night. We were coming back to my mother's hometown to Kocaeli with train. And at 3 in the night, the train suddenly stopped. Nobody couldn't understand what's going on. Everyone said a different story.
The people who try to go their home, found a bus and contiune to their journey. At night, we were at the Kocaeli. Everywhere dark. A person was shouting and running "run, run, Tüpraş will explode!".
My mother and father still couldn't get the how terrible is the situation. When they reached to nearby of house, they saw my uncle who was going to funeral the person who knew.
We couldn't stay there more then few days. To dropp us to my mother's homeland, my father and his cousin taked a pickup, we went back to my mother's homeland.
My mother's homeland's potatoes are famous. They saw a potato field and asked owner to buy all of them for earthquake victims. Owner gave them free for sake of them. My father and his cousin came back to Kocaeli, left to the pickup in the center of village to people could take it.
Big Istanbul earthquake is expecting anytime and I am afraid, a lot of people going to die again.
Due to fear of an earthquake becameduring the early fall semester, I moved back to my hometown which is called Kocaeli.
Kocaeli is the neighbor city of Istanbul.
I knew the people who lived in the Istanbul, and they spendt more time than me in the traffic.
Those days are tiresome.
Istanbul, Kocaeli and athe surroundings are a first degree earthquake zone.
On 17 August, 1999 there was earthquake which isose base point was Gölcük/ Kocaeli, it was horrific.
More than 17.000 people died in their sleep.
The seas side of Gölcük- Karamürsel downed to deep of seawas flooded.
I couldn't remember those days but, it still hurts.
The pPeople couldn't help to peoplhose who was screaming under the ground.
And at 3 in the nightmorning, the train suddenly stopped.
Technically, 3 AM is in the morning.
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They saw a potato field and asked the owner toif they could buy all of them for the earthquake victims.
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My father and his cousin came back to Kocaeli, and left to the pickup in the center of village so thato people could take it.
Big Istanbul earthquake is expecting a big earthquake anytime and I am afraid, that a lot of people are going to die again.
July 28, 2020
The seas side of Gölcük- Karamürsel downed to deep of seawas flooded.
I tried to say.... Those areas were created with filling to the sea. And with the earthquake, they crashed down. Those areas became again part of the sea.
Is it still accurate to use flood?
July 28, 2020
Thank you !
With a car, you can go from Kocaeli to Istanbul in around 1-2 hours.
It might increasedtake longer due to traffic statue.
I used toa fast train for transportation, it cames toand it took around 1.30 hours around.
Always put "around" before the number, not after.
Everyone firstly tried to save their own relatives first.
Thanks God, we weren't there that night.
We were coming back to my mother's hometown to Kocaeli withby train.
Use "by" for method of transportation. Examples: by car, by train, by plane
And at 3 in the night, the train suddenly stopped.
Nobody couldn't understand what' was going on.
Everywherething was dark.
We couldn't stay there for more thenan a few days.
Use "than" for comparisons. Examples: more than, bigger than, smaller than
Use "then" to say what happened next in a story. Example: First we went to the store, and then we went home.
Feedback
That sounds terrifying - I hope you're able to stay safe.
July 28, 2020
Thank you for correction and your concern. I wish, people could learn the lesson after the Gölcük Earthquake.
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Kocaeli is thea city neighbor city ofing Istanbul.
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I used to take a fast train for transportation, it cames to 1.30. It takes about an hours aroundnd a half.
I knew the people who lived in the Istanbul, and they spendt more time than me in theI did in traffic.
Istanbul, Kocaeli and arounds arthe surrounding area are in the first degree earthquake zone.
The 17 August 1999 earthquake which is base point's ground zero was Gölcük/ and Kocaeli, i. It was horrific.
More than 17.,000 people died in their sleep.
The sea side of Gölcük- Karamürsel downed to deep offell deep into the sea.
I couldan't remember those days, but, it still hurts.
The pPeople couldn't help to peoplhose who wasere screaming under the groundrubble.
Everyone firstly tried to save own relatives first.
Thanks God, we weren't there that night.
We were coming back tofrom my mother's hometown to Kocaeli withby train.
And at 3 in the nightmorning, the train suddenly stopped.
Nobody couldn't understand what' was going on.
Everyone saihad a different storyexplanation.
The people who tryied to go their home, found a bus and contiune tonued their journey.
AtBy night, we were at thearrived at Kocaeli.
Everywhere was dark.
A person was shouting and running "rRun, run, Tüpraş will explode!"
My mother and father still couldn't get theunderstand how terrible is the situation was.
When they reached to nearby of our house, they saw my uncle who was going to a funeral the person whofor someone they knew.
We couldn't stay there more thenan a few days.
To dropptake us to my mother's homeland, my father and his cousin takborrowed a pickup, and we went back to my mother's homeland.
They saw a potato field and asked the owner to buy all of them for the earthquake victims.
OThe owner gave them free for sake of them potatoes for free, for the victim's sake.
My father and his cousin came back to Kocaeli, and left to the pickup in the center of village tso people could take ithem.
Big IstanbulA big earthquake in Istanbul is expectinged at any time and I am afraid, a lot of people are going to die again.
Feedback
What a terrible thing! Thank you for writing about this. You did very well!
July 28, 2020
The 17 August 1999 earthquake which is base point's ground zero was Gölcük/ and Kocaeli, i. It was horrific.
Gölcük is part of the Kocaeli. In Turkish we used "part of the city / the city". Is it different in English?
July 28, 2020
Thank you for reading and correcting. We were really lucky to be out of the town that night.
July 29, 2020
If Gölcük is part of Kocaeli then we would use a comma, like this: Gölcük, Kocaeli.
July 29, 2020
Allright, thank you.
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I missed Istanbul. |
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Due to fear of an earthquake became the early fall semester, I moved back to my hometown which is called Kocaeli. Due to fear of an earthquake Due to fear of an earthquake |
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Kocaeli is the neighbor city of Istanbul. Kocaeli is |
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With car, you can go from Kocaeli to Istanbul around 1-2 hours. With a car, you can go from Kocaeli to Istanbul in around 1-2 hours. With a car, you can go from Kocaeli to Istanbul in around 1-2 hours. |
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It might increased due to traffic statue. It might It might |
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I used to fast train for transportaion, it cames to 1.30 hours around. I used Always put "around" before the number, not after.
I used to take a fast train for transportation |
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I knew the people who lived in the Istanbul, and spend more time than me in the trafic. I knew I knew |
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Those days are tiresome. |
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Istanbul, Kocaeli and arounds are first degree earthquake zone. Istanbul, Kocaeli and Istanbul, Kocaeli and |
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17 August 1999 earthquake which is base point was Gölcük/ Kocaeli, it was horrific. On 17 August, 1999 there was earthquake wh The 17 August 1999 earthquake |
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More than 17.000 people died in their sleep. More than 17 |
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The sea side of Gölcük- Karamürsel downed to deep of sea. The seas side of Gölcük- Karamürsel The sea |
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I couldn't remember those days but, it still hurts. I couldn't remember those days but I c |
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The people couldn't help to people who was screaming under the ground.
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Everyone firstly tried to save own relatives. Everyone Everyone |
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Thanks God, we weren't there that night. Thank Thanks God |
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We were coming back to my mother's hometown to Kocaeli with train. We were coming back to my mother's hometown to Kocaeli Use "by" for method of transportation. Examples: by car, by train, by plane
We were coming back |
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And at 3 in the night, the train suddenly stopped. And at 3 in the Technically, 3 AM is in the morning.
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Nobody couldn't understand what's going on. Nobody could Nobody could |
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Everyone said a different story. Everyone Everyone |
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The people who try to go their home, found a bus and contiune to their journey. The people who trying to go The people who tr |
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At night, we were at the Kocaeli. At night, we were a
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Everywhere dark. Everywhere was dark. Every |
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A person was shouting and running "run, run, Tüpraş will explode! A person was A person was shouting and running " |
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My mother and father still can't get the how terrible the situation. |
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When they reached to nearby of house, they saw my uncle who was going to funeral the person who knew. When they reached When they reached |
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We couldn't stay there more then few days. We couldn't stay there for more th Use "than" for comparisons. Examples: more than, bigger than, smaller than
Use "then" to say what happened next in a story. Example: First we went to the store, and then we went home. We couldn't stay there more th |
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To dropp us to my mother's homeland, my father and his cousin taked a pickup, we went back to my mother's homeland. To "Hometown" would make more sense here, since "homeland" generally refers to an entire country.
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My mother's homeland's patatoes are famous. |
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They saw a pataoe field and asked owner to buy all of them for earthquake victims. |
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Owner gave them free for sake of them.
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My father and his cousin came back to Kocaeli, left to the pickup in the center of village to people could take it. My father and his cousin came back to Kocaeli My father and his cousin came back to Kocaeli, and left |
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Big Istanbul earthquake is expecting anytime and I am afraid, a lot of people going to die again.
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My mother and father still couldn't get the how terrible the situation. |
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My mother and father still couldn't get the how terrible is the situation. My mother and father still couldn't My mother and father still couldn't |
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My mother's homeland's potatoes are famous. |
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They saw a potato field and asked owner to buy all of them for earthquake victims. They saw a potato field and asked the owner They saw a potato field and asked the owner to buy all of them for the earthquake victims. |
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